Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms Strongholds Update Live

The Strongholds update is now live for Gamera Interactive’s narrative-driven action-RPG Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms. As you may expect, this early access update adds customizable player strongholds to the game. But while the developers are still iterating on that…

The Lord of the Rings Online – New Areas Leaked

We’ve known for a while that Standing Stone Games was working on some big update for The Lord of the Rings Online. And with the Swedish Embracer Group now buying the IP rights to The Lord of the Rings and…

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen August 2022 Newsletter

While Visionary Realms’ party-focused MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is getting ready for a new round of pre-alpha testing, we get this newsletter featuring a producer’s letter that tells us what to expect from the game’s next phase, a…

Divinity: Original Sin – The Board Game Update #31

Larian Studios brings us a new Kickstarter update for the board game adaptation of Divinity: Original Sin. There, we get a quick progress report and learn that Larian will be showing off the board game, along with Baldur’s Gate III,…

Diablo IV Quarterly Update – August 2022

The latest quarterly update for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo IV talks about the game’s post-launch support and monetization philosophy. In short, after Diablo IV launches, you can expect Seasons similar to those of Diablo III and a heap of cosmetic, but…

Sovereign Syndicate – Steam Demo Trailer

Crimson Herring Studios will be launching a demo for their narrative steampunk RPG Sovereign Syndicate during this year’s Gamescom. And ahead of that, we get a quick trailer that shows off a few bits of gameplay and highlights some of…

Dungeons & Dragons – New Rules and Settings Revealed

Wizards of the Coast recently held a digital “Wizards Presents” event, during which they discussed their plans for Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. Of particular interest to us is the fact that the 6th Edition of D&D, currently…

Capes Announced – Superhero Strategy RPG

A few years back, the Hand of Fate series managed to successfully combine a board game with a Shadow of Mordor-style action system. And while Defiant Development, the studio that made those games, shut its doors soon after releasing the…

The Ascent: Cyber Heist DLC Released

Those of you looking for some stylish cyberpunk action should direct your attention to the new Cyber Heist DLC for Neon Giant’s The Ascent. Priced at $7.49 or your regional equivalent, which includes the 25% launch week discount, the DLC…